'It was shocking!' Former Corrie star Catherine Tyldesley was so ill she 'looked blue'
Former 'Coronation Street' star Catherine Tyldesley "looked blue" because she didn't know how to look after herself.
Catherine Tyldesley ended up “looking blue” due to ill health.
The 39-year-old actress - who is best known for having starred as barmaid Eva Price on ‘Coronation Street’ from 2011 until 2018 - cringes when she looks back at pictures of herself because she “was pretty poorly” before she learned about nutrition.
Speaking on ‘The Doctor Will Hear You Now’ podcast, she said: “I was pretty poorly. My skin was shocking, I look back at old photographs now and I would have break out after break out. I looked blue.
“My body wasn’t getting any nutrients. I had dropped a lot of weight.
"My parents booked in with a nutritionist and from that moment I was like, ‘Oh my god, what have I done to myself?”
The former ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ star - who has eight-year-old son Alfie and 14-month-daughter Iris with her husband Tom Pitfield, 36 - is a “passionate” advocate for teaching the nation’s kids to eat properly so they don’t follow in her footsteps.
Catherine said: “I’m so passionate about children being educated correctly now, we’d save the NHS a small fortune.”
The 'Lilies' actress - who initially shed eight stone after leaving drama school and before starting her career in television - recently showed off her two and half stone weight loss as she explained the difference between how she felt after both of her pregnancies.
Catherine wrote on a selfie posted to Instagram: "She’s back!!!!! This time last year I was 2.5 stones heavier. I’d given birth a few weeks ago and didn’t recognise myself anymore.
“I suffered with hyperemesis and hormonal insomnia throughout my pregnancy. Which meant I averaged around 2 hours sleep a night for 6 months. We tried everything to help me sleep/feel better and nothing worked. I felt Dreadful.”
“Whilst I was pregnant with Alfie I felt great and was weight training till I was 8 months pregnant. I felt strong and recovery was so fast. With Iris I felt so weak and vulnerable.
“Combined with two failed epidurals and needing plenty of rehabilitation for my spine and pelvis- recovery has been much longer this time.”
“It’s been really hard at times but for me - But - having children means I want to give them the best version of me, and I want to live for as long as I can.
“I train and eat well for me AND them. I train so I’m mentally and physically strong for whatever role I play next. I train so I can feel good about myself.
“I train to relieve stress. I train so I sleep better. It’s been worth the slog- and I’m showing up each day to maintain things- mentally and physically.”
